| Main Entry: | marsh |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swamp |
Synonyms: |
bog, estuary, everglade, fen, mire, morass, moss, quag, quagmire, slough, swampland, wetland |
| Concept: | Marsh. |
| Category: | 2. Fluid matter; specific fluids |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
marsh, swamp, morass, marish, moss, fen, bog, quagmire, slough, sump, wash; mud, squash, slush; baygall [U.S.], cienaga, jhil, vlei.
-adjectives
marsh, marshy; swampy, boggy, plashy, poachy, quaggy, soft; muddy, sloppy, squashy; paludal; moorish, moory; fenny.
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| Main Entry: | bog |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swamp |
Synonyms: |
fen, lowland, marsh, marshland, mire, morass, moss, peat, quag, quagmire, slough, sump, wetlands |
| Main Entry: | lagoon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shallow body of water |
Synonyms: |
bayou, gulf, marsh, pond, pool, shallows, shoal, tidal pond |
| Notes: | a lagoon is a shallow pond near a body of water; a long lagoon near the sea is a haff |
| Main Entry: | mire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | muck, morass |
Synonyms: |
bog, dirt, fen, glop, goo, gunk, marsh, moss, mud, ooze*, quagmire, quicksand, slime, swamp |
| Main Entry: | morass |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bog; mess |
Synonyms: |
chaos, confusion, fen, jam, jungle, knot, labyrinth, marsh, maze, mesh, mix-up, muddle, quagmire, skein, snarl, swamp, tangle, web |
Antonyms: |
order, organization |
| Main Entry: | quagmire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bog |
Synonyms: |
fen, marsh, marshland, mire, morass, moss, quag, quicksand, slough, swamp |
| Main Entry: | swamp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wet land covered with vegetation |
Synonyms: |
bog, bottoms, everglade, fen, glade, holm, marsh, marshland, mire, moor, morass, mud, muskeg, peat bog, polder, quag, quagmire, slough, swale, swampland |
| Main Entry: | waste |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | land that is uncultivated |
Synonyms: |
badlands, barren, bog, brush, brushland, bush, desert, dust bowl, fen, jungle, marsh, marshland, moor, quagmire, solitude, swamp, tundra, void, wasteland, wild, wilderness, wilds |
Antonyms: |
development |
| Main Entry: | wasteland |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wilderness |
Synonyms: |
badlands, desert, marsh, moor, swamp, wilds |